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Saturday, 27 March 2010

Magnolia Down Under Challenge - Stitching

Yippee!! It is my DT group's turn at Magnolia Down Under Challenge this week and we have a great challenge for you of stitching! I loved making this card so much! I used my favourite new Tilda, colours that I love and I had a great idea and the card just flowed from there! I was lucky enough to be given some frosted shrink plastic last week and decided to have a play. I can't stop shrinking things now, it is so much fun watching how tiny and cute they get LOL! So, my idea was to make some flower buttons for this card and I love how they turned out! My paper was a plain BoBunny paper which I have stamped with a Hero Arts letter stamp as it looked too plain, and I have distressed the edges with bundled sage distress ink and stickles.

I used this gorgeous Ladybug Tilda and coloured her to match my papers and buttons. I've coloured her with distress inks and added stickles to the spots on her jacket and all the lace trims of her outfit.

So, here are my buttons. I stamped two different flowers from my Stempelglede grunge collection using different colours of Q chalks before punching the buttonholes and then shrinking.

I arranged my buttons in groups of three like a little garden around Tilda. Each one has a hand stitched stem and leaf which I have sewn with embroidery thread using a daisy chain stitch (if I remember the correct name from my school sewing class LOL). The stitching around the card and image was done with my sewing machine.

Here is a close up of one of my buttons. You can see the stamped design better in this photo.

I added a couple of butterflies punched with my MS punch with tiny gems for their bodies and stickled all over.In the top right corner is a simple bow made with some tulle from the Hobby House.

Do pop over to the challenge blog and have a drool over the rest of the DT's gorgeous creations and I hope you can join in this week! Hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

28 comments:

Jane this is gorgeous. I love the colours you used for Tilda. She is adorable. Love all the stitching and those flowers with the stitching rock. Great inspiration for anyone joining the challengemwahTrace

Hi Jane:n What a beautiful card. Love the colours (my fave too) and your button flowers are so lovely and beautifully stitched. Hope Birmingham went well and you enjoyed your day and the drive. Is there anything I should know about stitching cards? I've not done it before but I do have a trusty Berlini machine which is I kid you not about 45 years old but still works a treat. It is electric - not a treadmill lol! Just a bit worried about chewing my card up lol

Gorgeous, stunning, Fabulous, Wow... Jane what can I say I Love those buttons and that hand stitching is perfect and the stictching around the edges and the colours us used and OK, you get the idea I am so impressed with your card, Love it!!!!!!Hugs xxxx ... where's my shrinky and cotton, LOL

Gorgeous card Jane, My poor neglected ladybug Tilda is sitting next to me all coloured up and still waiting to be shown some love, but she is now sitting on some matching paper, so we are gotting closer, hahaha! Love that tulle bow, it is so soft and pretty which goes wonderfully with all the pastel colours and the hand stitching is amazing, you have definitely gone to a lot of effort with this challenge :)

You took the stitching challenge to a whole new level with your clever stems, how perfect for your lovely handmade buttons, too cute!! Love the colours, they are dreamy together and your colouring is fantastic!!!Take Care,Stephanne

Absolutely stunning,Jane! I am at a loss for words really it is breathtakingly beautiful! i love the shrink plastic buttons and your stitched steams and leaves is gorgeous and so creative! you are one super duper talented lady! I love this card to bits, hun and Tilda looks adorable and your colouring is just phenomenal as always!hugs,t

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I am a stay at home Mum to the two most gorgeous children in the world (not that I'm biased). I love anything artistic, card making, altered art, cake decorating and playing the piano. I made my own Christmas cards for the last few years, with my own drawings and discovered card making BIG time in February 2009 and am now utterly addicted!